Ohio GOP Senate Debate Goes Off the Rails as Mandel and Gibbons Square Off
“You are dealing with the wrong guy,” Josh Mandel said, before calling Mike Gibbons a “p*ssy.”
Screenshot via FreedomWorks
Republican Ohio Senate hopefuls Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel, both of whom are running in a crowded primary race, almost turned a sleepy Friday night debate into a fistfight. The apparent trigger was Mandel claiming that Gibbons, a businessman, had “made millions” off of business deals with Chinese companies. “You have never...you have never been in the private sector in your entire life,” Gibbons responded. Mandel then fired back: “Two tours in Iraq. Don’t tell me I haven’t worked.” The two then almost came to blows. “You don’t know squat,” Gibbons replied. Face to face, the two then began vaguely threatening each other. “You are dealing with the wrong guy,” Mandel said, before calling Gibbons a “p*ssy.”
Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel get in each other’s faces at tonight’s GOP #OHSen forum hosted by FreedomWorks.
— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) March 18, 2022
“You watch what happens,” Mandel says. pic.twitter.com/fQuqfHxXHT
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